ALBAWABA - TikTok star Sydney Towle dies at 26 after courageous cancer battle. Sydney Towle, the Dartmouth graduate and social media creator who openly documented her nearly three-year battle with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, has died at the age of 26. Towle died on August 5, 2026, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, according to an announcement shared by her family. Her death came ...